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Updated Annual Health and Medical Record Rolling Out in September

08-18-2012, 02:33 PM

"An updated Annual Health and Medical Record will be available to Scouts everywhere Sept. 3. Its use will be mandated by Jan. 1, 2014.
The 2012 AHMR revision includes several noticeable changes. In an effort to support the BSAs All Markets Strategy, we have developed a bilingual format. As you know, accurate medical information is vital to keeping Scouts safe and healthy at all Scouting events. This new format will make it easier for councils and volunteers to have a completed AHMRas required for all participants."

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Why create one form that tries to do both languages?
it makes the form difficult to read for either/both languages and makes it 4 pages instead of 3. why not a form that looks just like the existing form, with everything in spanish? as long as the fields stay the same, getting information would be the same. if a unit is primarily spanish speaking, they could use the spanish form.

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MOST health care providers in the united states read and write english and they are the ones that should be filling out part C. Making part C take two pages in order to translate it to spanish seems unnecessary. I mean I guess if the spanish reading only parent now can read the question their doctor answered on the form--but if the doctor answers in written english, that isn't going to help them. and if the doctor answers the questions in spanish that isn't going to help the unit leder or the camp medical staff (etc) be able to understand what is going on with the particular scout's medical history. The standard in the us is that the medical charts are written in english (or in medicaleeze).

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Assuming that Spanish speakers who reside in the US and participate in US civil society aren't smart enough or courteous or responsible enough to learn English isn't "reaching out." It's the soft bigotry of low expectations.